Depend as much upon fortune as anything else we do.Michel De Montaigne

Depend not on another, rather leanUpon thyself; trust to thine own exertions:Subjection to another's will gives pain;True happiness consists in self-reliance.Manu.

Depend on it, if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.Johnson

Depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.Lavater